I know bad form replying to myself but I did further tests. The answer
is both. I tested MS format in freeDOS and got the same result that FD
format gave me. FD format in MS-DOS worked. Ok, so I tested the
command interpreter just to find out if the kernel really is involved in
this. FD com
Kenneth J. Davis wrote:
> charles wrote:
> ...
>> FreeDOS completely blows this off and refuses to access the drives
>> installed using fdisk (Unless using the before mentioned set option)
>> or xfdisk or format. Since aspi8dos.sys should have taken the BIOS
>> out of the loop here.
>>
>> I did
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Kenneth J. Davis wrote:
charles wrote:
Been trying to install freedos V1.0 onto a SCSI HD. The fdisk program
is giving me Invalid Drive Designation but will see the SCSI drives
when I issue "set FFD_VERSION=6" at the command prompt. That doesn't
do me any good though w
Hi Charles,
> Been trying to install freedos V1.0 onto a SCSI HD. The fdisk
> program is giving me Invalid Drive Designation...
You should use other fdisk programs or, even better, use another
operating system for the fdisk step. That also lowers the risk
of damaging other operating systems, an
Been trying to install freedos V1.0 onto a SCSI HD. The fdisk program
is giving me Invalid Drive Designation but will see the SCSI drives when
I issue "set FFD_VERSION=6" at the command prompt. That doesn't do me
any good though with xfdisk or format. System specs and SCSI specs and
settings
